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California Lake Levels Today

We track 82 lakes and reservoirs in California. Of the 28 with an official full pool and a current reading: 28 below it, 0 near it and 0 above it.

Latest reading Nov 4, 2026, 4:00 AM PST · Sources: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; U.S. Bureau of Reclamation; U.S. Geological Survey
Lakes tracked82
Below full pool28
Near full pool (±1 ft)0
Above full pool0
All California lakes
Reported
Alisal Reservoir 596.74 ft No official full pool −0.01 ft Nov 4, 2026, 3:15 AM PST
Bear Reservoir 343.97 ft 69.53 ft below full pool −0.01 ft Nov 4, 2026, 3:00 AM PST
Beardsley Lake 3,317.33 ft No official full pool −3.45 ft Nov 4, 2026, 3:45 AM PST
Black Butte Lake 435.72 ft 37.78 ft below full pool −0.08 ft Nov 4, 2026, 4:00 AM PST
Boca Lake 5,562.99 ft 42.01 ft below full pool −1.28 ft Nov 4, 2026, 3:30 AM PST
Brea Lake 208.85 ft No official full pool 0.00 ft Nov 4, 2026, 4:00 AM PST
Bridgeport Reservoir 44.20 ft No official full pool +0.30 ft Nov 4, 2026, 3:30 AM PST
Burns Reservoir 265.70 ft 34.30 ft below full pool −0.03 ft Nov 4, 2026, 3:00 AM PST
Cachuma Lake 742.08 ft No official full pool −0.18 ft Nov 2, 2026
Calaveras Reservoir 721.18 ft No official full pool −0.72 ft Nov 4, 2026, 3:45 AM PST
Camanche Reservoir 222.42 ft 13.08 ft below full pool −0.49 ft Last reported Nov 3, 2026, 12:00 AM PST
Carbon Canyon Lake 403.24 ft No official full pool 0.00 ft Nov 4, 2026, 4:00 AM PST
Cherry Lake 4,684.26 ft No official full pool +1.22 ft Nov 4, 2026, 3:15 AM PST
Clear Lake 1,322.47 ft No official full pool — Nov 4, 2026, 3:15 AM PST
Del Valle Reservoir 684.21 ft 57.79 ft below full pool −0.64 ft Nov 4, 2026, 3:00 AM PST
Don Pedro Lake 781.72 ft No official full pool −0.02 ft Nov 4, 2026, 4:00 AM PST
Donnell Lake 4,779.99 ft No official full pool −2.04 ft Nov 4, 2026, 3:45 AM PST
Donner Lake 5,930.44 ft No official full pool −0.79 ft Nov 4, 2026, 4:00 AM PST
Eastman Lake / Buchanan Lake 466.13 ft 120.87 ft below full pool +0.03 ft Nov 4, 2026, 3:00 AM PST
El Capitan Reservoir 638.14 ft No official full pool +0.03 ft Nov 4, 2026, 3:45 AM PST
Englebright Lake 525.91 ft 1.09 ft below full pool +0.21 ft Nov 4, 2026, 3:00 AM PST
Farmington Reservoir 117.09 ft 39.41 ft below full pool +0.78 ft Nov 4, 2026, 4:00 AM PST
Folsom Lake 398.41 ft 67.59 ft below full pool −1.21 ft Nov 4, 2026, 3:00 AM PST
Fullerton Lake 261.18 ft No official full pool 0.00 ft Nov 4, 2026, 3:45 AM PST
Hansen Lake 994.37 ft No official full pool −0.01 ft Nov 4, 2026, 4:00 AM PST
Hensley Lake / Hidden Lake 453.79 ft 86.21 ft below full pool +0.47 ft Nov 4, 2026, 4:00 AM PST
Hetch Hetchy Reservoir 3,752.93 ft No official full pool −1.97 ft Nov 4, 2026, 4:00 AM PST
Independence Lake 6,945.39 ft No official full pool −0.02 ft Nov 4, 2026, 4:00 AM PST
Indian Valley Reservoir 1,457.81 ft No official full pool −0.07 ft Nov 4, 2026, 4:00 AM PST
Keswick Reservoir 583.38 ft No official full pool −0.10 ft Nov 3, 2026
Lake Berryessa 427.42 ft No official full pool −0.21 ft Last reported Nov 1, 2026
Lake Eleanor 4,647.82 ft No official full pool +0.14 ft Nov 4, 2026, 3:45 AM PST
Lake Havasu 448.46 ft No official full pool +1.09 ft Nov 4, 2026, 4:00 AM PST
Lake Havasu Parker 448.22 ft No official full pool +0.80 ft Nov 2, 2026
Lake Isabella 2,554.92 ft 50.58 ft below full pool −0.01 ft Nov 4, 2026, 4:00 AM PST
Lake Kaweah 598.82 ft 116.18 ft below full pool −0.67 ft Nov 4, 2026, 3:00 AM PST
Lake Mendocino 724.25 ft No official full pool −1.30 ft Nov 4, 2026, 3:00 AM PST
Lake Natoma Nimbus 124.30 ft No official full pool +0.36 ft Nov 3, 2026
Lake Oroville 734.45 ft 165.55 ft below full pool −1.48 ft Nov 4, 2026, 3:00 AM PST
Lake Piru 1,015.86 ft No official full pool −0.05 ft Nov 4, 2026, 3:15 AM PST
Lake Shasta 972.06 ft 94.94 ft below full pool −1.21 ft Nov 4, 2026, 3:00 AM PST
Lake Sonoma 443.36 ft 7.74 ft below full pool −0.57 ft Nov 4, 2026, 3:00 AM PST
Lake Tahoe 6.51 ft gage No official full pool — Nov 4, 2026, 4:00 AM PST
Leviathan Mine Pond 1 7,039.45 ft No official full pool +0.02 ft Nov 4, 2026, 3:45 AM PST
Lewiston Lake 1,900.92 ft No official full pool +0.21 ft Nov 3, 2026
Lopez Lake 1,268.11 ft No official full pool 0.00 ft Nov 4, 2026, 4:00 AM PST
Lower Crystal Springs Reservoir 272.81 ft No official full pool +0.21 ft Nov 4, 2026, 3:30 AM PST
Lower Twin Lake 7,192.79 ft No official full pool — Last reported Oct 1, 2026, 2:17 PM PDT
Mariposa Reservoir 365.01 ft 74.49 ft below full pool −0.08 ft Nov 4, 2026, 3:00 AM PST
Martis Creek Lake 5,781.61 ft 56.39 ft below full pool +0.09 ft Nov 4, 2026, 3:00 AM PST
Millerton Lake 503.57 ft 74.43 ft below full pool +1.15 ft Nov 2, 2026
Mojave Lake 2,989.31 ft No official full pool 0.00 ft Nov 4, 2026, 4:00 AM PST
Nacimiento Reservoir 741.28 ft No official full pool −0.33 ft Nov 4, 2026, 3:30 AM PST
New Bullards Bar Reservoir 1,878.84 ft 77.16 ft below full pool −2.61 ft Nov 4, 2026, 3:00 AM PST
New Hogan Lake 665.83 ft 47.17 ft below full pool −0.25 ft Nov 4, 2026, 4:00 AM PST
New Melones Lake 1,003.77 ft 84.23 ft below full pool −0.11 ft Nov 4, 2026, 3:00 AM PST
Owens Reservoir 350.61 ft 56.89 ft below full pool +0.10 ft Nov 4, 2026, 3:00 AM PST
Pilarcitos Lake 676.39 ft No official full pool −0.21 ft Nov 4, 2026, 4:00 AM PST
Pine Flat Lake 753.30 ft 198.20 ft below full pool +1.26 ft Nov 4, 2026, 4:00 AM PST
Prado Lake 480.64 ft 24.36 ft below full pool +8.37 ft Nov 4, 2026, 4:00 AM PST
Prosser C Reservoir 5,705.88 ft No official full pool −2.11 ft Nov 4, 2026, 4:00 AM PST
Salton Sea −243.95 ft No official full pool +0.11 ft Nov 4, 2026, 3:45 AM PST
San Andreas Lake 444.13 ft No official full pool +0.03 ft Nov 4, 2026, 3:45 AM PST
San Antonio Lake 2,127.01 ft No official full pool 0.00 ft Nov 4, 2026, 4:00 AM PST
San Antonio Reservoir 737.67 ft No official full pool −0.07 ft Nov 4, 2026, 3:45 AM PST
San Antonio Reservoir (Alameda County) 454.54 ft No official full pool −0.05 ft Nov 4, 2026, 3:30 AM PST
San Vicente Reservoir 647.43 ft No official full pool −1.14 ft Nov 4, 2026, 3:45 AM PST
Santa Fe Lake 421.94 ft No official full pool +0.08 ft Nov 4, 2026, 4:00 AM PST
Santa Ynez R Ab Gibraltar Lake 1,383.07 ft No official full pool +0.07 ft Nov 4, 2026, 4:00 AM PST
Schafer Dam / Success Lake 592.69 ft 59.81 ft below full pool +0.69 ft Nov 4, 2026, 3:00 AM PST
Sepulveda Lake 668.74 ft No official full pool −0.06 ft Nov 4, 2026, 4:00 AM PST
Seven Oaks Lake 2,221.76 ft No official full pool +1.77 ft Nov 4, 2026, 4:00 AM PST
Spring Creek Reservoir 731.78 ft No official full pool +0.53 ft Nov 3, 2026
Stampede Reservoir 5,919.90 ft No official full pool −0.28 ft Nov 4, 2026, 4:00 AM PST
Trinity Lake 2,313.84 ft No official full pool −0.58 ft Nov 3, 2026
Tulloch Reservoir 495.05 ft 14.95 ft below full pool −2.19 ft Nov 3, 2026
Twitchell Lake 526.00 ft 97.00 ft below full pool 0.00 ft Last reported Nov 3, 2026, 4:00 PM PST
Upper Twin Lake 7,205.71 ft No official full pool — Last reported Oct 1, 2026, 1:47 PM PDT
Vail Lake 1,416.78 ft No official full pool −0.17 ft Nov 4, 2026, 3:30 AM PST
Whiskeytown Lake 1,204.09 ft No official full pool −2.32 ft Nov 3, 2026
Whittier Narrows Dam Rio Hondo 185.40 ft 16.20 ft below full pool −0.04 ft Nov 4, 2026, 4:00 AM PST
Whittier Narrows Dam Sangabriel 202.87 ft 10.63 ft below full pool +2.76 ft Nov 4, 2026, 4:00 AM PST

Which California lakes are lowest right now?

  1. Pine Flat Lake: 198.20 ft below full pool
  2. Lake Oroville: 165.55 ft below full pool
  3. Eastman Lake / Buchanan Lake: 120.87 ft below full pool
  4. Lake Kaweah: 116.18 ft below full pool
  5. Lake Shasta: 94.94 ft below full pool

FAQ

How many lakes in California do you track?

82 lakes and reservoirs with official gauge data.

Which California lake is furthest below full pool?

Pine Flat Lake, 198.20 ft below full pool, among the 28 lakes with an official full pool and a current reading.

How often is this page updated?

Every 3 hours.

Data: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; U.S. Bureau of Reclamation; U.S. Geological Survey. USGS real-time data is provisional and subject to revision. For information only. Not for navigation or flood safety decisions. Check the official source on each lake page.

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